Butte in Silver Bow County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Boucher-Walker Home
Butte National Historic Landmark District
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, July 13, 2021
1. Boucher-Walker Home Marker
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Boucher-Walker Home. Butte National Historic Landmark District. Butte as melting pot is well-chronicled in this Queen Anne style mix of high gables and multi-paned windows. Its appearance is typically English, as is the interior décor, yet it was built by a French native and occupied for much of its life by Irish-Americans. One of the first homes in this addition, it was begun in 1890 and enlarged in 1901 by clothier Frank Boucher. Daughter Hallie married attorney Frank C. Walker in 1914, and this was later home to both families before Walker’s rising career took them to New York. A key aide to Franklin D. Roosevelt in all three terms, Walker was 51st postmaster-general of the United States from 1940 to 1945. He was the first Montanan to serve at cabinet level and during his tenure re-banned James Joyce’s controversial novel Ulysses as obscene. The family retained the home for occasional visits until 1958, under longtime caretaker Daniel Murphy, a former Boucher stock boy, who rose to department manager with the Hennessy Company. The James A. Driscoll family purchased the home in 1968.
Butte as melting pot is well-chronicled in this Queen Anne style mix of high gables and multi-paned windows. Its appearance is typically English, as is the interior décor, yet it was built by a French native and occupied for much of its life by Irish-Americans. One of the first homes in this addition, it was begun in 1890 and enlarged in 1901 by clothier Frank Boucher. Daughter Hallie married attorney Frank C. Walker in 1914, and this was later home to both families before Walker’s rising career took them to New York. A key aide to Franklin D. Roosevelt in all three terms, Walker was 51st postmaster-general of the United States from 1940 to 1945. He was the first Montanan to serve at cabinet level and during his tenure re-banned James Joyce’s controversial novel Ulysses as obscene. The family retained the home for occasional visits until 1958, under longtime caretaker Daniel Murphy, a former Boucher stock boy, who rose to department manager with the Hennessy Company. The James A. Driscoll family purchased the home in 1968.
46° 0.793′ N, 112° 32.818′ W. Marker is in Butte, Montana, in Silver Bow County. Marker is on West Broadway Street near North Alabama Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 727 West Broadway Street, Butte MT 59701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 90 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
